Evansville Water and Light--Minutes--Tuesday--1-10-2006

Evansville Water & Light Committee

Special Meeting

Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 6:00 PM

City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI

MINUTES
Chairman Cothard called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. Present were Chairperson Cothard, Ald. Sornson, and Ald. Wessels. Staff present was Scott George, Superintendent of Water & Light Department, and Bill Connors, City Administrator

Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sorson, to defer approval of the minutes of the December 28, 2005, meeting until the next regular meeting on January 25, 2006. Motion passed.

Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sornson, to approve letter of engagement with Virchow Krause & Co. LLP for year-end bookkeeping services and preparation of the 2005 report to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. Ald. Sornson asked Mr. Connors if it would be possible to hire a person with fewer qualifications to be the city finance director and then use the service of Virchow Krause & Co. each year to perform some of the more complex accounting duties, if the city continues to have difficulty finding a highly qualified person to be the city finance director. Mr. Connors said that would be possible, but he thinks that the combination of salary for the less qualified city finance director plus the fees of Virchow Krause would be greater than the salary of the highly qualified city finance director the city is seeking to hire. Motion passed.

Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sornson, to approve request from the Evansville Community Partnership for a grant in the amount of $3,950 from public benefits money for the 2006 Evansville Community Earth Day Energy Fair. The members of the committee commented that the Water & Light Department has made a similar contribution to the Energy Fair in past years. Motion passed.

Motion by Cothard, seconded by Wessels, to adjourn at 6:15 PM. Motion passed.

Prepared by

William E. Connors

City Administrator

Minutes of meetings of the Water & Light Committee are not official until approved by the committee.